1955 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1955 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1955 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 7–2 record.[1][2]

1955 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
1955 record	7–2
Head coach	Jordan Olivar (4th season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl

1955 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Drexel			–					8	–	0	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	1	–	1
Princeton			–					7	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	2	–	1
No. 20 Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Pittsburgh			–					7	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	1
Harvard			–					3	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth			–					3	–	6	–	0
Boston University			–					2	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	7	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	8	–	0
Villanova			–					1	–	9	–	0
Temple			–					0	–	8	–	0
Penn			–					0	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

This would be Yale's final year as a football independent, as the Ivy League, which Yale had helped co-found in 1954, began football competition in 1956. Six of the nine opponents on the Bulldogs' 1955 schedule were Ivy League members (with Penn the only Ivy not scheduled); for decades, (future) Ivy members had comprised a large portion of Yale's opponents.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Connecticut		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 14–0
October 1	Brown		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 27–20	22,000	[3]
October 8	Columbia		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 46–14	15,000	[4]
October 15	Cornell		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 34–6	15,000	[5]
October 22	Colgate	No. 19	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–7
October 29	Dartmouth		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 20–0	32,000	[6]
November 5	No. 19 Army		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 14–12
November 12	at Princeton		Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 0–13	46,000	[7]
November 19	Harvard		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	W 21–7	56,000	[8]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1955 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
2. "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
3. Nichols, Joseph C. (October 2, 1955). "Elis' 3-Touchdown Rally Sets Back Brown, 27-20". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
4. Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 9, 1955). "Yale Crushes Columbia, 46-14; M'Gill Is Eli Ace". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
5. Danzig, Allison (October 16, 1955). "Elis Trip Cornell; Ward's 3 Scores Pace 34-6 Victory in Yale Bid for Ivy Title". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
6. Effrat, Louis (October 30, 1955). "Elis Triumph, 20-0, on 2d-Half Drive". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. Danzig, Allison (November 13, 1955). "Princeton Stops Yale, 13-0; Flippin Tiger Ace". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
8. Danzig, Allison (November 20, 1955). "Yale Defeats Harvard, 21-7; Elis Seize Breaks". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.